TransUnion asked to stop selling credit reports to employers

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:43:14 GMT

If you can't get hired for a job because of lousy credit, a coalition of advocacy groups is fighting for your right to work.

A collection of 27 consumer advocacy, civil rights and community groups, as well as labor unions and concerned citizens, have joined to demand that credit bureau TransUnion end its sale of consumer credit reports to potential employers. Some companies review credit reports as a way to predict who will be a responsible and trustworthy worker. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 13 percent of employers check the credit of all job applicants, while 47 percent of employers conduct checks for select applicants.

http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/transunion-credit-report-employment-hiring-decision-1270.php

Re: TransUnion asked to stop selling credit reports to employers

Ms-Kato — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:30:52 GMT

Geeezzz..I can only imagine what this world is going to become 100 years

in the future after we're all gone and replace by entirely different people.

That's if we don't nuke ourselves into the stone age.

Live Life To The Fullest..You Only Get One Go Around !

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